A former colleague of mine returned from a big meeting of Chief State School Officers and their Departments. The topic was the Common Core of Standards. Today this release came out informing everyone about a competition to create a “Common Assessment” to go with the “Common Standards.”
Word on the street has it that officials feel [...]
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National Assessments on the Horizon
October 21st, 2009 3 Comments
Tags: national standards · national testing · Race to the Top
350 Million to help states create national standards
June 26th, 2009 4 Comments
The Washington Post reports that up to 350 million dollars may be available to help states work on national standards.
No doubt this will be followed by billions later for national testing, voluntary of course. Unless your state happens to be taking any federal money in which case…..
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